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As far as keeping them in the room I need to open the door during the day when all the heat lamps kick on otherwise the entire room heat up to 90 degrees. I could put up some sort of screen door though.  luckily they don't move around much during the day so I don' think they get out much but...

Thanks Ziggy.  I'm sorry Cole.  I did have a reply for your initial question right away but apparently I forgot to hit the post button.  Didn't mean to leave you hanging.

That's a thought.  I might be able to modify one of my wire racks. My tiny Avicularia avicularia have been enjoying them though so its not all bad.  Its a lot harder to get them in the cups than when I had small mantids though.  When i take the lids off the spiders want ot make a run for it. I...

50+ Damon diadema babies struck out on their own two days ago.  I'll feed them a few times together then I'll split them up into trios and get an accurate count.  Fingers crossed 2 more females with eggs should pop in the next 6 weeks or so.  Probably my favorite species to work with.  I've got...

Thanks for the reply.  I have put my fresh substrate in a sterilite gasket bin but I will have to get another one or two when I buy another bag.  It seems to be working though.  So far no silk in the bin.  I've been resisting that option for the worm bins because at any given time I have about a...

I've been dealing with this problem for a quite a while now but i figured I ask to see if anyone else has dealt with it. I raise a lot of mealworms and even though I am failing miserably I am also trying to raise superworms.  The problem, as the subject says, is that it has lead to an...

I realize that many factors go into like temperature, diapause species etc. but just in general.  Assuming a steady temp of around 80 degrees or so maybe a bit higher how long would it take.  Or how long has it taken for your ooths to hatch under your conditions.  I'm just trying to get an...

it is illegal to import live animals (and many animal parts) into the US without them going through customs.  Depending on the qty you are importing you may not need an import license if they are for your own use and not for resale but the shipments still have to go through a designated port of...

Just an added suggestion.  If you buy water from the store make sure it says distilled or R/O water.  Some bottled water is still very hard and will leave spots.  I use the refill machine in the supermarket.  R/O, deionized and UV filtered.  No spots.  An added caution though if you are keeping...

I try to find a half a dozen or every fall for my sister to take to her first grade classroom.  The kids love it.  It's getting harder and harder to find them though and now the area where I have been having most of my luck has just been plowed under.  Supposedly they are doing prairie...

The 8 foot plywood cutout I have for my bug shows is Manny but the only name any of my live mantids have ever had was Kamacuras.

I'm tempted to say mosquitoes but I find their natural history and their evolution, if you want to call it that, alongside humans fascinating.  Their connection with so many of the worlds most debilitating diseases  and the triumph over them in many cases is something i can read volumes about...

Patty had a 1 day BOGO listing a few weeks back and even though I missed the one day sale she still gave me the BOGO deal on some ghost nymphs.  Payment was made and they were shipped right away and then there was a delay.  They were shipped on Monday but they did not arrive at my PO until...

I got a bunch of D dessicata from Kiet back in June and three of them were taking their own sweet time maturing.  Most of the others had matured into males and have since passed on but two of the last three matured into females within the last month.  I figured the last one was just a late...

My opinion is that if you ship live animals the buyer should receive live animals.  In general I will not buy from sellers with a TOS that says they will not be responsible for losses due to carrier error etc. I know that is not the issue here I just wanted to state that up front.  In this...

another way to extend the dividers and hold them in place at the top is to take a hacksaw and cut a notch into the lip running around the top of the aquarium (assuming it has one, most do but not all)  Just make the notch the same width as the divider and slide it down from the top.  No need for...

I was getting ready to go to bed tonight and I decided to check on a few spiders I had re-homed today. As I walked past one of my racks I noticed one of my young female D. diadema had just molted. This is a close as I have come so far to actually seeing the process, still a bit late but very...

Just got 10 D. Dessicata plus extras and Kiet was willing to hold them to accommodate my weird shipping requirements.  A first rate hobbyist. Not my first deal with him and hopefully not my last.  

You don't ask for much do you :D :D :D    Just kidding.  For my money you can't beat Grammostola pulchripes (Chaco golden knee)  It fits the bill on everything you wanted except for maybe the active part but that's relative with tarantulas.  There are not many tarantulas that I would consider...

I just had two female D. diadema pop out a total of 54 babies so I had to come up with an easier way for feeding. I raise them through the first 3 molts in trios in 32 oz. deli cups and I had to come up with a better way to get the fruit flies into the deli cups.  I saw Cosby's baster and I...